Juvenile toilet seat



Dec. 15, 1936. J. s. COTHRAN JUVENILE TOILET SEAT Fil ed Marqh 26, 1955 5 Sheets-Sheet l JAMES5.CO'THRAN amww 1936. J. s. COTHRAN JUVENILE TOILET-SEAT Filed March 26, 1935 s Sheets-Sheet 2 JAMES SCOT/412A! my ga 46k Dec. 15, 1936. J. 5. COTHRAN JUVENILE TOILET SEAT Filed March 26, 1935 5 Sheets-Shae;

JAMES 5. COTHRAN Patented Dec. 15, 1936 re STATES This invention relates to an auxiliary toilet seat for .children and more especially to a seat which can be mounted as a permanent fixture in the ordinary bath room and used with a conventional toilet, and which can be folded against the wall when not in use.

It is, therefore, an object of this invention to provide a toilet seat of smaller dimensions than the conventional seat which may be used for children, said .toilet seat being hlngedly supported to the wall in the bath room in a manner so that it may be lowered to a position where it will be disposed above a conventional toilet stool.

It is a further object of this invention to provide an auxiliary toilet seat for children which is hingedly supported near the Wall and adjustably secured to the wall so its position may be adjusted to conform to, the distance of the toilet stool fromthe wall sothatwhen it is raised to a position where the conventional or adult toilet seat might be used, the auxiliary seat will, automatically fold. Means are also provided for holding theauxiliary toilet seat in raised position. When the seat is in this position, it will occupy less space and furnish no obstruction to the user of the conventional toilet.

Some of the objects of the invention having been stated, other objects will appear as the description proceeds, when taken in connection 0 with the accompanying drawings, in which:-

Figure l is a plan view of my invention secured to the wall of a bath room;

Figure 2 is a front elevation of Figure 1; Figure 3 is a vertical sectional view taken along 35 line 3-3 in Figure 1;

Figure 4 is an elevation looking at the righthand side of Figure 2;

Figure 5 is a sectional view similar to Figure 3 but showing the auxiliary toilet seat in folded 40 or inoperative position;

Figure 6 is a plan View showing a modified form of mounting my invention;

Figure 7 is an isometric View of the bracket used for mounting the toilet seat in Figure 6.

45 Referring more specifically to the drawings, the numeral 69 denotes a side wall of a bath room to which is secured a strip H by any suitable means such as screws l2. Brackets l3 and 14 are secured to strip 6 l by any suitable means such 50 as. nails or screws l5 and i5, and these brackets have grooves I"? and 88 respectively, in the outstanding leg thereof in which are mounted plates i9 and 25. Plates l9 and 23 have longitudinal slots I311 and 23a therein which are penetrated 55 by bolts 2| and 22 respectively.

Since these-bolts also penetrate the brackets I3 and [4, it is evident that the slots 89a and 26a furnish means foradjustment of the plates l9 and 20. Mounted in plates l9 and 23 is a rod 25 which acts as a pivot support for members 26 5 and 21. The other end of members 26 and 2'! are adapted to support a toilet seat 28 having an opening 28a. therein, which rests above toilet fixture 29 which is shown in dotted lines in Figures -2and3.. 10

By referring to Figures 1 and'Z, it will be seen that the member 25 :,does not extend entirely across the toilet seat 28 but an additional block 230. is provided in order to provide sufiicient bearing between the toilet seat 28 and the toilet fixl5 ture 29. An additional strut 33 is also disposed between the left-hand ends of members 25 and 2l for holdingthese members in spaced relation at this point.-

Pivotally mounted to the upper side of toilet 20 seat 28 as at 32, is an upright member 33, and also pivotally mounted on member 28, as at 34,

is a similar upright member 35. A suitablestrut or supporting ,-memb,erf 3 6 is disposed between the lower ends of members 33 and 35 and mounted 5 on top of these members is an arm rest 37. In a like manner supports 38 and 39 are pivotally mounted on the upper side of member 28 as at 40 and 4|, and these members have a strut 42 securing their lower ends together and also an arm rest 43 mounted on the top thereof. In order to provide a stop for members 33 and 35, suitable angle members 45 and 46 are secured to the upper side of member 28 which limit the clockwise movements of members 33 and 35. In order to accomplish this purpose for members 38 and 39 plates 41 and 48 are provided which limit the clockwise movement of these members.

Pivotally secured to the back of arm rests 31 and 43 is a link 50, (see Figure 3), and secured to the front side of these members is a strap 5| which has a snap 52 on the end thereof for engaging a ring 53, said ring being secured in the arm rest 43. This acts as a guard for small children to prevent them from falling off of the seat. By observing Figures 1 and 3 it is seen that plate 20 extends some distance beyond the rod 25 and has pivotally mounted in the end thereof as at 54,

a link 55, said link 55 extending upwardly and to the right in Figure 3 and being secured as at 56 to upright member 35. By providing link pivoted some distance away from the rod 25 which is the pivot for the entire structure, it is evident that as this toilet seat is folded in a counterclockwise manner about rod 25 that due to the 55 eccentricity of the point 54, the uprights 33, 35, 38, and 39 will be caused to rotate in a counterclockwise manner about their pivot points 32, 34, 40, and 4| respectively, as the seat is rotated upwardly about rod 25 to the position shown in Figure 5. When one quarter of a revolution has been made, the uprights and their associated parts will occupy a plane parallel to that of the seat 28. Link also serves as a back piece.

An eyelet 51 is provided in the end of member 21 and is adapted to be engaged by the hook 58 on the end of cord 59, said cord being secured as at 60 to side wall II). By providing cord 59 with hook 58 thereon, the toilet seat may be folded and held in the position shown in Figure 5 when not in use. When it is desired to use this toilet seat the hook 58 may be released from the eyelet 51 and the parts lowered to the position shown in Figures 2 and 3. By using a fixture of this type it is only necessary to fold back the conventional toilet seat for adults and lower this in position for children.

Figures 6 and 7 show a modified form of mounting for my apparatus. In some cases where a sidewall is not available, it is necessary to mount the fixtures to the back wall. In Figure 6 I have shown a suitable bracket 6| secured by any suitable means such as screws 62 to a backwall Ilia. The outstanding leg of this bracket (Figure 7) has a groove 63 therein and also a slot 64 which is adapted to be penetrated by bolts 65, said bolts 65 penetrating suitable holes in supporting member 66. This slot 64 provides means whereby member 66 may be adjusted with relation to the bracket 6|. The end nearest the observer in Figure 6 has an L-shaped portion 6611 which is penetrated by a rod 61, said rod 61 also penetrates an angle member 68 which is secured to the side of supporting member 66, and said angle member 68 has pivotally secured as at 69 the link 55 which has been previously described. The rod 61 is adapted to pivotally support the members 26 and 21 upon which the conventional seat 28 is mounted, which is not shown in this view since it has been previously shown and described in the preferred form.

In the drawings and specification there has been set forth a preferred embodiment of the invention, and although specific terms are employed, they are used in a generic and descriptive sense only and not for purposes of limitation, the scope of the invention being set forth in the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A childs toilet seat adapted to be supported by the conventional toilet seat when in use, comprising a seat member, a pair of arms pivotally secured to the seat member, a back portion pivotally secured to each of the arms, a pair of brackets secured to the wall of the room in which the toilet seat is located, means pivotally securing one end of the seat portion to the said brackets, a link having one end pivotally secured to one of said arms and having its other end pivotally secured to one of said brackets at a point between the pivot point of the seat and the arms so that when the childs toilet seat is raised to approximately vertical position, the link will cause the arms to occupy a folded position parallel to the childs seat portion.

2. A childs toilet seat comprising a pair of members, a seat secured on one end of said members, means for pivotally securing the other ends of said members to the wall of the room in which the seat is located, the childs seat being adapted to be supported by a conventional commode, said seat having a pair of arms pivotally secured thereto, a connecting link pivotally secured at its ends to said arms, a second link pivotally secured to one of the arms at one end and having its other end pivotally secured to a fixed point intermediate the pivot point of the members and the commode so that when the childs seat is swung upwardly on its pivot, the second link will cause the arms to assume a position parallel to the said pair of members.

JAMES S. CO'I'HRAN. 

